FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) There are still no arrests after four people were shot in Fulton Sunday morning. “It’s a shame, it needs to stop,” said Courtney Straub, who visits Fulton often. According to a press release from the Fulton Police Department, the shooting took place around 1:40 a.m. in the Fulton Event Center parking lot.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol and Boone Fire crews are responding to a crash on Highway 40 in Boone County. It happened in the last half-hour near Route J. According to a notification from Boone County Joint Communications, the crash is blocking a westbound lane of the highway. ABC 17 crews on
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Pictures of the damage Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F posted this picture Saturday evening after a severe thunderstorm came crashing through Osage Beach. The King’s Plaza shopping center sustained major damage to a commercial complex. A large roof from the southwestern flank of the building was lofted into the air, and slammed down onto
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner, scammers are looking for ways to trick you this holiday season. With the pandemic, many in-person events will likely be moving online and scammers are catching on to this trend. According to the Better Business Bureau scammers are creating phony copycat events that charge for
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Columbia and Boone County leaders are keeping an eye on COVID-19 numbers to decide what restrictions need to be in place in order to keep people safe.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the low 30s. Winds diminishing to about 5 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cooler with highs in the low 50s. EXTENDED: The jet stream lifts well to our north by Wednesday, allowing winds to pick up from the south and gusts to 25-35 mph during the day.
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Deputies searched the area near Reality House, 1900 E. Prathersville Road in north Columbia. The search continued Monday afternoon.
Continue ReadingWILLARD, Mo. (AP) — Police say the deaths of two people in a small southwest Missouri town are being investigated as homicides. Thirty-year-old Brianna Sproul and 28-year-old Alex Chute were found shot to death Saturday on the front porch of a home in Willard. Police Chief Tom McClain said Monday that the deaths are not
Continue ReadingDITTMER, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Missouri say two people have been arrested following a police chase of a stolen tractor that involved shots fired at deputies and a deputy’s cruiser crashing into a bystander’s car. Television station KTVI reports the chase began Sunday night when Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Fifty-five dogs removed from an eastern Missouri breeder in October will be put up for adoption after a judge awarded custody to the Humane Society of Missouri. The St. Louis-based organization removed the dogs from the property of a breeder in Franklin County. The dogs — mostly basset hounds and basset-mixes
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President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris made public statements Monday from Wilmington, Delaware. The statements follow news Monday morning that another coronavirus vaccine is showing more than 90% effectiveness. Watch playback of the news conference in the player below.
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Multiple Columbia police officers responded to a residential area in north Columbia Monday morning.
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Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Crews closed a lane of Interstate 70 West because of a Monday morning semi-truck fire in Columbia.
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MONDAY: We’ll wake up to a bright sky and that looks to stick around this afternoon. Unfortunately, so will the breezy conditions, but those will help get temperatures into the low 60’s today. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies stay parked overhead, leading to another cool night with lows in the middle 30’s. EXTENDED: A weak cold
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After six years, Rep. Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, is resigning. In a news release, Kendrick said he will forego his final term, which he was elected to on Nov. 3, to join Senator-elect Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, as his chief of staff. The two worked together over the past four years in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above. Sterk said he’s confident Mizzou will play at South Carolina on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. MU has not played a game
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The owners of The Station House at Katfish Katy’s announced the 2020 season of operations would be its last.
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The Columbia Board of Education decided to send its younger learners back home at their meeting last Monday. Elementary students are set to return to the classroom on Jan. 11.
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TONIGHT: Winds will finally start to subside this evening. Expect a cool night headed into Monday morning– temperatures will drop into the mid 30s. MONDAY: We’ll hold onto clear skies through the morning with another round of wind gusts picking up throughout the day. Winds will gust up to 25 mph. Expect a high near 60. EXTENDED: A
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